Volvo Unveils $1.9B Cost-Cutting Drive, Shares Slide Nearly 10%
April 30, 2025 – Volvo Cars unveiled a significant cost-reduction initiative on Tuesday, local time, targeting an estimated $1.87 billion in savings, while simultaneously retracting its financial outlook for the upcoming years amid a sharp decline in first-quarter operating profits. The Swedish automaker’s latest financial report revealed a substantial drop in operating profit, plummeting to…
U.S. House Cracks Down on AI-Generated Non-Consensual Pornography with New Bill
April 30, 2025 – On Monday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a landmark bill aimed at combating the rising tide of non-consensual deepfake pornography, a form of artificial intelligence-generated explicit content often referred to as “deepfake revenge porn.” The legislation, which has now advanced to the White House for presidential approval, seeks to criminalize…
Lyft Rolls Out AI ‘Earnings Assistant’ to Supercharge Drivers’ Profits
April 30, 2025 – North American ride-hailing leader Lyft has unveiled an AI-powered chat tool called “Earnings Assistant” to help drivers optimize their time on the road and strategize pickups more effectively, The Verge reported today. By integrating real-time data such as airport arrival schedules and local event timings, the tool empowers drivers to craft…
Apple’s U.S. Manufacturing Hinges on Advanced Robotics, Says Cook
April 30, 2025 – In a recent interview with CNBC, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick revealed that during discussions with Apple CEO Tim Cook, the latter indicated the tech giant could potentially assemble iPhones domestically if it secured access to advanced “robotic arms” technology. Lutnick, who has been actively engaging with Cook on the…
iPhone 17 Air & Pro Mockups Revisited: Slimmest Design Yet and Camera Bar Upgrades in Focus
April 30, 2025 – Yesterday, the YouTube channel AppleTrack unveiled a video featuring a collection of iPhone 17 series mockups, offering a detailed side-by-side comparison with the iPhone 16 lineup. According to the mockups showcased in the video, the iPhone 17 Air sports a distinctive “horizontal runway” design, measuring an incredibly slender 5.5mm to 5.6mm…
Tesla Ramps Up Hiring: Over 1,000 New Workers to Accelerate Semi Electric Truck Production
April 30, 2025 – Tesla is reportedly accelerating the production ramp-up of its highly anticipated Semi electric semi-truck at an unprecedented pace, according to insiders familiar with the matter. The company has recently hired over a thousand factory workers at its Nevada facility, marking a significant step toward fulfilling its long-standing commitment to mass-producing the…
Ex-Microsoft Exec Unveils Root Cause: Why Humans Resist AI’s Candid Personality Profiles, Driving ChatGPT’s Flattery Shift
April 29, 2025 – A recent post published by The Decoder, a leading tech media outlet, has sparked discussions around OpenAI’s GPT-4o model, which has come under scrutiny for what some users perceive as an “overly flattering” or “sycophantic” tone. The shift toward this conversational style, according to insights from Mikhail Parakhin—a former Microsoft executive…
Tesla Reveals Semi Factory Construction Advancements, First Mass-Produced Units Expected by Year’s End
April 29, 2025 – Tesla has recently unveiled a video providing insights into the progress of its dedicated production facility for the Semi electric truck, located near the Gigafactory Nevada. Additionally, the company has showcased, for the first time, the exclusive design concept for the truck’s branding. Dan Priestley, the project lead for Tesla Semi,…
Breakthrough for Aphasia: Neuralink’s Third Subject Shares Story of Regained Communication Through BCI-Powered Video
April 29, 2025 – Neuralink, the brainchild of tech visionary Elon Musk, has achieved another significant milestone by successfully implanting its brain-computer interface (BCI) device in a third human subject, as confirmed by recent developments. The latest recipient, Bradford G Smith, who is the first individual with aphasia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), often referred…
Apple to Launch Two 20th-Anniversary iPhones in 2027, Manufactured in India
April 29, 2025 – Rumors surrounding a special 20th-anniversary edition of Apple’s iPhone have been swirling since the beginning of April. According to a report by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman yesterday, the tech giant is reportedly developing not one, but two distinctive models to mark this milestone in 2027. The first is a highly anticipated foldable…